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What Is Your Part in Church?

Sep 14th, 2008 / What Is the Church?

Outline—Ephesians 4:15-16

  1. The climate for growth—Speaking the truth in love
  2. The nature of growth—May grow up into Him in all things
  3. The particulars of growth—Joined and knit together by what every joint supplies

Take Home Points

  • Have you received to your capacity?
  • Are you fulfilling your function?
  • Is vital energy in you?
  • Are you causing pain in other parts by being diseased, sinful or lethargic?

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What God Calls the Church to Do

Sep 7th, 2008 / What Is the Church?

Outline—Ephesians 4:11–16

  1. The structure of the local church—engage (v. 11)
  2. The task of the local church—equip (v. 12)
  3. The loyalty of the local church—edify (v. 12)
  4. The goal of the local church—mature (vv. 13–14)

Take Home Points

  • The call of the local church is made possible by its design—to behavelike a body.
  • The model of the local church is a body moving with one common goal,equipped to serve God.

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What Makes a Church Effective?

Aug 31st, 2008 / What Is the Church?

Outline—Ephesians 4:14

  1. The enemy within—Captive by our own limitations
    1. The beginnings of the Christian life—Children
    2. The propensities of children—Instability, lack of self-control, easily misled
  2. The enemies without—Capitalizing on our limitations
    1. From all directions
    2. Aimed to make us err—Deceive

Take Home Points

  • Evil has a deliberate policy to undermine the truth.
  • Discipleship is "job one" of the church.

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The Equipping of the Church

Aug 24th, 2008 / What Is the Church?

Outline—Ephesians 4: 12–13

  1. The task of the local church (v. 12)
    1. Upon whose shoulders does it fall?—Saints
    2. Design of the local church—Equip saints
    3. Occupation of the local church—Equip saints to do work
    4. Labors of the local church—Equip saints to do work of the ministry
  2. The loyalty of the local church—Build the body of Christ (body building)
  3. The goal of the local church (v. 13)

Take Home Points

  • Congregational government demands a biblically literate church.
  • Ministry is every believer’s business.
  • Don’t stop setting the bar higher in your life until you are like Christ.

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The Equipping of the Saints

Aug 17th, 2008 / What Is the Church?

Outline—Ephesians 4:11–13

  1. The structure of the local church—Engage (v. 11)
  2. The task of the local church—Equip (v. 12)
  3. The loyalty of the local church—Edify (v. 12)
  4. The goal of the local church—Mature (v. 13)

Take Home Points

  • The plan for the local church has not evolved over the centuries; it has been the same since its inception.
  • What role does the pastor play in your spiritual growth and in the life of your family?

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The Function of the Church

Jul 27th, 2008 / What Is the Church?

Outline—Ephesians 4:1–6

  1. The call of the saint (v. 1)—Church Constituted
  2. The conduct of the saint (vv. 2–3)—Church Covenant
  3. The creed of the saint (vv. 4–6)—Church Doctrinal Statement

Take Home Points

  • Church unity does not make you a cog in the wheel, rather, it depends upon you.
  • Church unity oneness is not a superficial goal, never can be, nor is it an end in itself; it is a result of good, practical, daily theology.
  • How deep is your unity with one another?

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